Tootie Smith
E133955
Tootie Smith is a mischievous and imaginative young girl who is one of the central members of the Smith family in the classic musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tootie Smith canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1017474 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tootie Smith Context triple: [Meet Me in St. Louis, mainCharacter, Tootie Smith]
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A.
Cheryl Howard
Cheryl Howard is an American writer and actress best known as the wife of filmmaker Ron Howard and the mother of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
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B.
Teresa Weatherspoon
Teresa Weatherspoon is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known as an original WNBA star and defensive standout at point guard.
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C.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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D.
Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers is an American bobsledder who became the first Black athlete from any country to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
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E.
Ed Hochuli
Ed Hochuli is a former National Football League official known for his long tenure, muscular physique, and detailed on-field explanations of penalties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tootie Smith Target entity description: Tootie Smith is a mischievous and imaginative young girl who is one of the central members of the Smith family in the classic musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis."
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A.
Cheryl Howard
Cheryl Howard is an American writer and actress best known as the wife of filmmaker Ron Howard and the mother of actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
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B.
Teresa Weatherspoon
Teresa Weatherspoon is a Hall of Fame American basketball player and coach best known as an original WNBA star and defensive standout at point guard.
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C.
Ruby Aldridge
Ruby Aldridge is an American fashion model known for her runway and editorial work with major designers and magazines.
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D.
Vonetta Flowers
Vonetta Flowers is an American bobsledder who became the first Black athlete from any country to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
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E.
Ed Hochuli
Ed Hochuli is a former National Football League official known for his long tenure, muscular physique, and detailed on-field explanations of penalties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
film character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Meet Me in St. Louis ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
family film
ⓘ
musical film ⓘ romantic musical ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Esther Smith
ⓘ
John Truett ⓘ |
| characterIn | MGM musical film ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| createdForWork |
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944 film)
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linked to:
Meet Me in St. Louis
|
| describedAs |
imaginative
ⓘ
mischievous ⓘ young girl ⓘ |
| familyName | Smith ⓘ |
| givenName | Tootie ⓘ |
| hasSibling |
Agnes Smith
ⓘ
Esther Smith ⓘ Rose Smith ⓘ |
| memberOf | Smith family ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central family member ⓘ |
| notableScene | Halloween sequence in Meet Me in St. Louis ⓘ |
| notableSongAssociation | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas ⓘ |
| originalLanguageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Margaret O'Brien ⓘ |
| productionCompanyOfWork | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| settingOfStory |
St. Louis, Missouri
ⓘ
linked to:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
|
| storyTimePeriod |
1903
ⓘ
run-up to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tootie Smith Description of subject: Tootie Smith is a mischievous and imaginative young girl who is one of the central members of the Smith family in the classic musical film "Meet Me in St. Louis."
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.